Shakespeare's Wordcraft

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Hal Leonard Corporation, 2007 - 311 páginas
(Limelight). Written for readers who have a passion for Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Wordcraft takes a comprehensive look at Shakespeare's stellar use of language devices throughout his plays, devices he used to ink memorable lines like these: * I must be cruel only to be kind * Fair is foul, and foul is fair * Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! * Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! In a clear, accessible, non-academic style using plain terms, modern quotes, and several thousand examples Shakespeare's Wordcraft deftly reveals how these lasting lines were not accidental or coincidental, but designed and crafted by a master of the word.
 

Índice

Prologue
xvii
WORDS
1
Suffixes
8
Front Clipping
20
End Clipping
23
Compound Words
25
ADDITIONS
37
Rephrasing
45
Mock Rhetoric
187
Euphemism
189
Malaprops
190
Malaforms
195
OMISSIONS
199
Omitted Nouns
203
Omitted Verbs
205
Complex Omissions
208

Superfluous Words
48
Amplification
51
Corrections
55
Abuse
58
Curses
63
REPETITIONS
67
Repeated Vowels
74
Repeated Syllables
78
Rhyme
81
Repeated Words
92
Repeated Phrases
99
REVERBERATIONS
103
Delayed Repetitions
108
Initial Repetitions
111
Final Repetitions
121
Divided Couples
128
Bookends
130
Landings
136
Ladders
141
TRANSFORMATIONS
145
Reverse Order
149
Form Shifting
152
Repeated Structures
159
SoundAlikes
164
SUBSTITUTIONS
169
Related Words
175
Unrelated Words
179
Nicknames
181
Exaggerations
186
Unfinished Thoughts
213
Humility
219
Swearing
221
ORDER
223
EitherOr Constructions
230
NeitherNor Constructions
232
Similes
233
Metaphor
239
Parable
242
Personification
243
Parallel Lists
247
Negation
250
Antithesis
251
Asking Questions
258
Answering Questions
260
DISORDER
265
Nouns and Adjectives
268
Word Order
270
Cart Before the Horse
275
Divorced Partners
277
Disordered Lists
278
Paradox
280
Oxymoron
282
Puns
284
miscommunications
293
Bibliography
299
Index of Shakespearean Quotations
303
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Scott Kaiser is currently head of voice and text at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

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